Microscopic anatomy and ultrastructure of the digestive system of Natatolana obtusata (Vanhöffen, 1914) (Crustacea, Isopoda)

• Published in: Acta Zoologica
• Main Authors: Storch, V, Strus, J, Brandt, A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2002
• Subjects: Weddell Sea; Weddell; Kap
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1463-6395.2002.00093.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1463-6395.2002.00093.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1463-6395.2002.00093.x

Abstract The scavenging cirolanid isopod Natatolana obtusata was caught using primarily meat‐baited traps at a station in the Weddell Sea at Kap Norvegica. The hindguts of most specimens were densely stuffed with meat from the traps. The anatomy and the ultrastructure of different sections of the di...